Of the clients I have asked, all stated they are using Dropbox “because it is easier to get consultants in a mixed OS environment set up.” When I prod a little deeper, it turns out the “difficulties” are usually getting a Windows user to use an Apple ID, which just seems like tribal/political behavior rather than something materially important 🙂 But I wonder if it boils down to how easy it was in the past to map a Dropbox to appear as a logical drive in the Windows environment compared to doing the same from iCloud in a Windows environment. When I take on a new client, most of the time they opt for using my iCloud for file sharing if I’m responsible for setting it all up. Though I am seeing more of my Mac architect clients using Dropbox lately when they are taking responsibility for setting the shares up. So what are these 3rd party integrations Vectorworks users are using and what type of problem(s) are they solving? I’m genuinely interested in any advantages these services might have. It could be that Dropbox has better/more integration options with 3rd parties than iCloud.

Just don't work on the files in the Dropbox cloud, they could get corrupted if there is a glitch with your internet connection when (auto)saving the file or while working on it, plus that it can be very slow to work on if you don't have a very fast up/download with your internet connection. Option 2 is probably the more practical option if you also want to work on/edit the project files on your other Macs, then the updates will get synced to all Macs. keep your folders on your master Mac as is and copy your working folders to the Dropbox folder when needed if you only want to be able to access them for viewing from your other Macs. put your project folder in the Dropbox folder while the project is active or needed accessible, it will then remain on both your computer and be synced with Dropbox when something changes.ģ. either set your working folder as the Dropbox folder, which I wouldn't do because it will get cluttered with other things in the Dropbox cloud that gets synced into itĢ. When you open your Dropbox Preferences there should be a Sync tab where you can set/change the folder location.įirst turn off the smartsync which will put copies of your files on Dropbox only and remove them from your Mac to save disk space.ġ. That is the folder that gets synced with Dropbox. When installing Dropbox it should create a Dropbox folder on your computer.

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